Hello to all and thank you for allowing me into your world of model building

Doodlebug · Saturday at 4:11 PM

Hi, I finished my one and only wooden build some twenty years ago which was ‘the anatomy of the HMS Bounty’. I have been building O gauge etched brass Locos for the last fifteen years but now looking at another ship project. I am looking at a double planked kit as that is what I’m familiar with. Does anyone know if either the Mantua or the Corel ‘la Couronne’ is double planked? Thanks for any feedback on this.

Bryian · Saturday at 4:44 PM

I’m certain they are both double planked kits. Welcome to our forum.

Doodlebug · Saturday at 4:47 PM

Hi Bryian, thanks for the response. I was looking at the Corel Berlin but I think that is single planked kit

Rebus · Saturday at 4:58 PM

Welcome aboard. Hope you do a build log, would enjoy watching your build.

dockattner · Saturday at 5:17 PM

You can see a build based on the Corel model here: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/...ratch-1-100-first-build-completed-build.3111/

It is double planked. A masterful build by @DARIVS ARCHITECTVS.

Doodlebug · Saturday at 5:31 PM

Thanks for the pointer Dockattner.

Bryian · Saturday at 5:34 PM

Doodlebug said:
Hi Bryian, thanks for the response. I was looking at the Corel Berlin but I think that is single planked kit

Many model builders Choose to purchase some soft lime wood planking strips for first planking, then use the kit supplied planks for second planking.

Doodlebug · Saturday at 6:01 PM

Interesting idea Bryian. Have thought about replacing 2mm single planked kit with lime plank and walnut.

AllanKP69 · Saturday at 7:59 PM

Doodlebug said:
walnut.

If the walnut is like the sapele found in kits, it gets a lot of justified criticism. It is grainy, porous, and brittle. A tight grained species like box, castello, Alaskan cedar, Swiss pear and others will serve you much better.
Allan

Corsair · Saturday at 9:05 PM

Welcome to the forums !

swampdweller126 · Sunday at 5:50 AM

Hello and welcome to the forum, from NY

Doodlebug · Sunday at 12:27 PM

Thanks all for being welcoming and thanks AllanKP69 for your input.

DARIVS ARCHITECTVS · Sunday at 2:13 PM

I built the Corel model as my first ship model, and modified and corrected lots of it based on research. It is double planked. It's one beautiful man of war. The Corel design was chosen over the Mantua one for several reasons, most noteably for the more historically accurate stern castle. The Mantua design was based on one devised by a famous ship modeler Vincenzo Lusci in the 1950's. His interpretation of the ship has been seized upon as the pattern for many models made afterward, but has some less than accurate features in the hull shape. Imagine trying to walk on the poup deck! If you need any information on La Couronne, such as a sail plan or modifications, let me know.

Doodlebug · Sunday at 5:18 PM

Thank you Darivs Architectvs for your info on the Corel kit and your build log plus the sovereign of the seas, which I did consider but may be too much of a challenge at this moment. Your la Couronne looks beautiful.

DARIVS ARCHITECTVS · Sunday at 8:07 PM

Doodlebug said:
Thank you Darivs Architectvs for your info on the Corel kit and your build log plus the sovereign of the seas, which I did consider but may be too much of a challenge at this moment. Your la Couronne looks beautiful.

Look over the build log and take as many ideas from it as you can, then add some more things to your model and make it FABULOUS. Please make a build log! There are VERY few La Couronne builders on this and other forums.

Bill-R · Sunday at 8:41 PM

Hello and welcome aboard.

Bill